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Thursday, March 18, 2004

Ah, I've come up for review by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. I need to fax them my job search, as well as "pension papers," and copies of the training which I indicated on the automated interview almost a couple of weeks ago.

One thing is, as the lady at the V.A. told me, disability payments are not pension. I hope the IDES sees it that way. Then, I've got to find my work search records. That hasn't been very intense, as I've foundered on the certification issue. But if I throw in my offerings to the Talk of the Nation for article ideas, and include my requests for work to one or a few other small businesses, it'll be good enough, I hope.

You are the Gender Abolitionist type of feminist. This means that you
feel the best way to destroy patriarchal oppression is to rid ourselves
of misguided gender roles, and instead live in a society that does not
make such marked assumptions about gender differences. The Gender
Abolitionist is culturally radical, but rather conservative when it
comes to sexual liberation and politics. You have a strong sense of
human rights for all. In fact, you are actually a very moral person.
You don't see people in terms of gender and are thus very philosophical
in order to perceive the world in such a manner. You think people
shouldn't identify others in terms of gender. When most people see a
person, the first thing they think is "That person is a woman" or "That
person is a man", but they do NOT think "That person is a
short-fingernail". Most make someone's gender their IDENTITY, but
fingernail length would never be considered part of their identity. A
gender abolitionist would claim gender should be like fingernail
length--it shouldn't be part of someone's identity. By making gender a
part of identity, difference is emphasized and oppression is often
justified. Thus, gender shouldn't be regarded to such a large extent by
society. You are mostly concerned with seeing women become fully
equalized with men by eliminating gender roles, as these roles oppress
women.